Chapter 6: Heavenly Craftsmanship (2)
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"Brother Wei, get up, it's time for us to try out the Nalao Mozi Organ Talisman today. β
Xiao Xia was woken up by the Sanshan Dao people beside him, the early morning sun was shining in outside the window, and the other three people in the same room were packing up their things. In a trance, he recalled the time when he was with those comrades-in-arms in the Yongzhou Liuzi Camp, and in the blink of an eye, he had not been woken up like this for two or three years.
Sanshan Daoist quickly sorted out his talismans and packages, and said, "Go early, the rice porridge and steamed buns in the canteen will not be robbed, maybe there will be eggs to eat." β
Another wild Taoist priest named Feilong is a big man with a beard on his face, who looks like a charlatan who has fought and lived, squatting on the bed while picking his feet and complaining: "Damn, I actually set a little time for the Taoist masters to rest and rest, are the Taoist masters those craftsmen who have to live on their salaries? If it weren't for the fact that the Taoist was in charge of the food, the Feilong Taoist would not be a bird, and Lao Tzu would come if he wanted to, leave if he wanted to, and stop doing it if he didn't want to." β
In the end, there is a sixtieth birthday, but he is not an old man dressed as a Taoist priest in a Taoist robe, but since he lives in this house, he is naturally a wild Taoist priest recruited by the Shenji Hall like the other three. The old man didn't say much, he only claimed to be surnamed Zhang, and at this time he just followed the clothes and cleaned up silently.
After a short time, the four people in the room walked out together. Outside, there was a small loft of the same shape, the same as the one they lived in, built side by side like a neatly arranged building block, and many people were already moving outside. Between these neatly arranged houses, it looks like ants.
"Speaking of which, the mechanism of this Divine Machine Hall is indeed extraordinary, but this person is also arranged as an organ. But it's boring. The Flying Dragon Daoist picked his nostrils and muttered. These houses in front of him are all temporary residences specially prepared by the Shenji Hall for craftsmen and all kinds of talents recruited from the outside world, including walls, roofs, doors and windows, beams and columns, etc., are all the same styles that have been prepared in advance. The first time they came to see it, they were shocked.
Sanshan Daoist smiled, quite disapproving: "Hehe, what is this." Feilong Daoist friends haven't been to the Zaitian Courtyard of the Houtumen General Altar to see it, right? The big pit with a radius of ten miles is bottomless, and there are countless caves and stone houses on the rock wall, opening up a room or passage is just a matter of breathing. That day, I followed a disciple of the Houtumen to the underground palace eight miles deep underground. I saw that the underground palace was vast and boundless, and even a mountain could fit it, but ordinary people couldn't see such a wonder."
Hearing the unconcealed pride and show-off in the words of the Sanshan Daoist, the Flying Dragon Daoist couldn't help but snort coldly, pulled out a cloud of dirt from his nose hole and flicked it casually, almost landing on Xiao Xia next to him. He didn't pay attention to it, but said disdainfully: "No matter how wonderful the Dao method of Houtumen is, it is also about our bird business. This thing in the Divine Machine Hall is no matter how small it is, don't you and I want to beg for food in their hands today? Don't just care about verbosity, don't take two steps faster. Don't be robbed of the gruel steamed buns, and when the time comes, you only know how to complain. β
was robbed for a few words, and the people of Sanshan Dao looked embarrassed. But it was inconvenient to talk back, but it really quickened the pace. After a while, the four of them rushed to a big room, only to see dozens of tables, chairs and benches neatly arranged, a few large baskets of steaming steamed buns, a large pot of porridge, and a large pot of pickles on the side, which were also unattended, and the dishes and chopsticks were all put aside for use at will. There were already a few people sitting around eating and drinking.
"Oh, that's true! It's all about eating and drinking, everyone. When the people of Sanshan Dao saw it, they immediately became a little excited, shouted and rushed to the front to occupy the table and chair closest to the steamed porridge, scooped three bowls of porridge for themselves, and skewered four or five steamed buns with chopsticks, and ate and drank in an uproar.
"This guy has never eaten white food in his life, and it's just gruel and steamed buns. It's a fucking shame. The Flying Dragon Daoist scolded and walked over, and also picked up the gruel and steamed buns and began to eat. Xiao Xia smiled when she saw this, and sat down with Old Man Zhang, who had been silent.
Gradually, people kept coming in, and they were all very familiar with each finding a place to eat and drink, and they didn't make such a fuss with the people of Sanshan Dao, so they were already familiar with it. These people were all well-dressed in capable short clothes, obviously all craftsmen and gangsters of the Shenji Hall, and occasionally there were a few people wearing Taoist robes, most of whom were also newly recruited Fu Daoist priests in general.
The people of Sanshan Dao ate five steamed buns and four bowls of rice porridge, and their stomachs were so swollen that they put down the dishes and chopsticks. Seeing a few Taoist priests coming not far away, he also moved his mind again, picked up a bowl of rice porridge again, and staggered to his feet: "It's rare that there are many Taoist friends here, and there is no one in this Shenji Hall who wants to report to the government without opening their eyes, right? β
"As soon as this product finished eating white food, it remembered to make money again. The Flying Dragon Daoist snorted with disdain, but looking at the swaying back of the Sanshan Daoist, he raised his voice and drank after thinking about it. "If there is really any good deal, remember to come and say, don't eat alone!"
Looking at the scene around him, Xiao Xia couldn't help but smile. But I haven't seen it for some years, and this is the life of the lowest level of wild Taoist priests in the real rivers and lakes. It is precisely because of a skill and a few hands of Taoist talismans that those who are as mediocre as the common people will disdain to do it, and there is a slight gesture in their hearts, and they will not go to fight with the rivers and lakes to kill people and grab land and occupy the mountain, plus there is no sect as a backer, and there is no degree of morality to go to the demons and ghosts to sell talismans, so they have to run for their livelihood and be busy, calculating, it looks no different from the peddlers and pawns, and the bitterness is really not what He Xi'er Nangong and the disciples of this kind of family can imagineγ
Xiao Xia has been sneaking into this Divine Machine Hall for two days, and now she is under the pseudonym Wei Feng. Speaking of which, it really didn't take much effort to get in. The wild Taoist priests were originally wandering wanderers with no teacher background. If you want to check, there is no way to check, and when Shenjitang recruits, he only talks about the skill of the rune spell, and he must at least reach the point where he can draw the middle four-grade rune, which is not high, and he is naturally easy to pass now. Even so, the places that should be careful need to be careful, the Luoshui Gang had already spread his portrait everywhere before, and he was somewhat famous in the rivers and lakes. Fortunately, Xiao Xia was not the kind of person who looked very distinctive. All you need is some simple disguise, such as stuffing two small pieces of filler under the cheeks, dyeing them black with potions, and sticking some beards, and suddenly his appearance has changed greatly, and he has become a wild Taoist priest in his twenties and eighteens, who looks a little simple. He had already used these methods when he was in the Liuzi Camp. At this time, it is just a small test, as long as it is not carefully observed by the old rivers and lakes, it will never reveal flaws.
This time, the Shenji Hall recruited Fu Daoist priests, it is said that it is for a design to apply talismans to the mechanism, and the three people such as the Sanshan Daoist were also recruited with him, and I heard that there were two classes of wild Taoist priests fiddling with it before. Yesterday they all listened to the various rules in this hall of divine machines, and today it was their turn to do it.
"Where is Uncle Zhang from?Where do you practice on weekdays?" Seeing that the Sanshan Taoist took the gruel as a drink, ran to another table to talk to the two Taoist priests, Xiao Xia casually said to the old man Zhang. Wild Taoist priest is just a general term used by outsiders, but in fact, he is very particular about it inside. The Three Mountain Daoists and the Flying Dragon Dao people who wore Taoist robes naturally regarded themselves as cultivators. And the old man surnamed Zhang is dressed as a layman, and he generally expresses that he does not want others to regard him as a Taoist priest. Xiao Xia was also dressed as an ordinary person, so the people of Sanshan Dao only called him Brother Wei before.
"Jingbei Pinghu people, they don't practice anything, but they learned some spells and talismans with a Taoist master in their early years, and they heard that the Shenji Hall here is recruiting talents who can know talismans, so they made a special trip to take a look. Old man Zhang smiled a little restrainedly, his hands holding the bowl were rough and his muscles were thick, as if he was used to doing rough work on weekdays.
The Feilong Daoist also spoke: "I am from Qingping, Xuzhou, and when I came to Jingzhou, I heard that the Shenji Hall here was recruiting people, and the rewards were rich, so I came here to try my luck." It's not bad to say, there are three taels of silver a day for food and housing, and if the mechanism is made, there will be three hundred taels of gold per person. Where did Brother Wei practice?"
"The generation of Qingzhou Nan'an eats with mixed mouths. Natsu smiled. Asking people where to practice is a polite word between wild Taoist priests, which means where to mix.
"The people of Sanshan Dao seem to have come from Yuzhou, haha, all over the world, it is also lively. The Flying Dragon Daoist picked his nostrils and laughed, but he was quite heroic.
After chatting for a few more words, the Sanshan Daoist had already walked back with a porridge bowl, but his face was a little gloomy and his brows were furrowed. Seeing this, the Flying Dragon Daoist asked, "What's the matter? Is there nothing to buy?"
Sanshan Daoist shook his head: "It's not just that I learned from those two Taoist friends that the talisman developed now seems to be a little dangerous, there was an accident a few days ago, and two people were blown up by the talisman and burned alive." β
"What's the matter? If you fail to draw a talisman, there will naturally be a backlash. The Flying Dragon Dao people were not surprised at all. The way of the talisman is a trick, with the help of materials containing aura, you can draw spells that you are not skilled in, but there is also the danger of the vitality of the dissipation after failure.
The faces of the people of Sanshan Dao were still extremely ugly: "But it's a bit too much to blow people up and burn them to death, right?
"Not necessarily, but sometimes it does. I saw a Taoist friend who was attacked by the talisman and blew his head and face to shreds. Having said that, the face of the Flying Dragon Daoist was also slightly solemn, he shook his head and thought about it, and snorted coldly. "Isn't it okay to be careful? Otherwise, do you think that the three hundred taels of gold are so easy to earn? Wouldn't those who go to hunt ghosts and kill demons have no risk? Wouldn't there be fewer people who paid their lives for a few dozen taels of silver?"
"That being said, having said that" Sanshan Daoist scratched his ears and cheeks, as if he felt that Feilong Daoren's words made sense, but the danger of burning people to death also made him really scruples. Although the old man next to him didn't say a word, his face was not very good-looking.
Xiao Xia thought about it next to him and said, "This Shenji Hall didn't say that we have to do it, if we feel dangerous and turn away, it's not too fatal." Feilong Daoyou's words are also reasonable, wealth and wealth are sought in danger, how can there be no risk in walking the rivers and lakes? Specifically, let's go and see with our own eyes. β
After thinking about it, the Sanshan Daoist still gritted his teeth and nodded: "That's right, let's go and see it with your own eyes." β
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"That's true, this development of the technology of combining the talisman formation and the technique of the mechanism into one is indeed a certain risk, don't hide it from you, there was indeed an accident a few days ago, two Dao masters were killed, and three were injured. β
When Xiao Xia and the four of them were led by the gang to a wide secret room full of drawings, Zeng Jiuwentang Master and several mechanics were whispering to a large drawing full of mechanism lines on the table. Somewhat unexpectedly, the master of the Zeng hall did not seem to have concealed the accident that caused death.
Seeing that the faces of the Sanshan Dao people and the others were a little unsightly, Zeng Jiuwen Hall Master hurriedly said: "In view of this, we have now arranged various protective measures, even if there is another accident, I believe it will not hurt people's lives." The previous ones were injured, and we paid a hundred taels of gold for each of them. β
"What about the dead?" asked Miyama Daoren.
"Then there is no way, but if their relatives, friends and disciples come to find them in the future, we will naturally compensate them. β
Old Man Zhang, who had rarely spoken, suddenly spoke: "Then can you sign a written agreement with your hall, if the little second child unfortunately dies, you can hand over the gold and silver paid to the designated person?"
"That's natural. Hall Master Zeng looked at the face of the Sanshan Daoist and the old man, thought about it and sighed, and said: "This is not what we want to see, but this development is indeed imminent, this hall master has considered it, as long as this method can be successfully developed, we will reward each participating Dao master with five hundred taels of gold, and the one who contributes the most is one thousand taels of gold!"
This sentence suddenly made everyone's faces change greatly, and even the several mechanics around Hall Master Zeng were stunned. For ordinary charlatans, even three hundred taels of gold is already a very huge amount of money, which is enough to make many people take risks, and one thousand taels is enough to make the first-class Jianghu men carry their heads to play with their lives. Of course, the general wild Taoist priests who are running around for a livelihood are also included in this ** layer, and the Flying Dragon Daoist is right, the wild Taoist priests who died for dozens of taels of silver to catch ghosts and eliminate demons can be seen everywhere, not to mention that this is a thousand taels of gold, how can there be thousands of taels of silver!
For a while, the voices of the Sanshan Dao and the Feilong Dao were a little rougher, and Old Man Zhang's face also showed a burst of irrepressible excitement, and Xiao Xia naturally pretended to gasp a few times.
The Flying Dragon Daoist was already sweating on his forehead, his eyes were a little red, and his voice was a little dry, and he said, "Then please ask Hall Master Zeng to quickly tell us the essentials of the mechanism talisman." β
"This is not in a hurry, the four of you wait a minute, we still have three newly invited Taoist friends, I can only say it when they come together. β
It didn't take long for three more wild Taoist priests in Taoist robes to walk in under the leadership of the gang, two middle-aged people who were a little down, and one who was a young man in his twenties, which attracted everyone to take a few more looks. The condition for the recruitment of the Shenji Hall is to draw a four-grade talisman, although it is nothing, but among the wild Taoist priests who do not have the teacher and foundation of the big faction, it is rare to be able to do it in their twenties.
"In Xia Guangningzi, I have met all Taoist friends. The young Taoist priest first bowed his hand to the four of them and made a circle, his face was handsome, his demeanor was full of vitality and liveliness, and his smile looked very pleasing.
"This little Taoist friend looks young and promising. The Flying Dragon Dao people laughed, and the old man Zhang and the Sanshan Dao people all hugged their fists and returned the salute, Xiao Xia naturally did too, but at the same time, he frowned imperceptibly. Because he knew this young Taoist who called himself Guangningzi, it was the Xiningzi Taoist who pulled him and Mingyue to the assembly on Maoshan Mountain, and was finally punished by He Jinzhi for copying the Qingjing Sutra.